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March 19, 1956
Report No. 77 from Young Kee Kim to Syngman Rhee
Citation:
“Report No. 77 from Young Kee Kim to Syngman Rhee,” March 19, 1956, History and Public Policy
Program Digital Archive, B-337-146, The Korean Legation in the Philippines, Reports from the Korean
Mission to the United Nations and Republic of Korea Embassies and Legations, Syngman Rhee
Institute, Yonsei University.
http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/123264
Summary:
Young Kee Kim briefs President Rhee about US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' visit to
Philippines and the talk of reparations between Philippines and Japan.
Credits:
This document was made possible with support from the Syngman Rhee Institute, Yonsei University.
Original Language:
English
Contents:
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Report No. 77
LEGATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
MANILA, PHILIPPINES
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March 19, 1956
Dear Mr. President:
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u.s. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles assured
President Magsaysay of the continued support of the American government in the Philippines' effort toward economic
security, as stated in a joint statement issued after the
President and the U.S. Secretary of State had met behind
closed door at MalacafiRng a few hours after Dulles' arrival
at Manila. n.tring his one day visit, n.tlles officially
announced the U.S. government's decision on the choice of
the Philippines as the best qualified country in Asia to
become· the site of an atomic research center. Twenty million
dollars have been appropriated for the establishment of the
"atoms for peace" project.
Dulles also related to President Magsaysay his impressions of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization council of
ministers' meeting held last week at Karachi. It was confidentially reported that Dulles told at the closed session of
the SEATO meet thenecessity of creating a standing military
force to protect vulnerable nations from the Communist agression. Thirty military men from eight signatory nations will
meet soon in Honolulu for the discussion of "classified" matters involving defense of SEATO area. The SEATO planning
activities would be resumed next June with the meeting of SEATO
military staff planners in Singapore under the auspices of the
United Kingdom.
Vice President Garcia, who was chairman of the Philippine
delegation to the SEATO, issued a statement shortly after his
arrival from Hongkong stressing that the SEATO was 11 no longer
a paper tiger", and further said that as it grows in strength,
it aims to expand and to embrace other democratic nations desirous to join the SEATO.
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At a black tie dinner honoring Chinese Ambassador and Mrs.
Chen Chih-mai, Senator Delm!do s4~§ietLt.h.~·t-K21:e~hould join
SEATO in the near futm-DeQPMBe of her strategic position-iii-~·
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of the Communists. The French Ambaasador,~M~·--J_e.an.Brionyal, ,.-who was present at the pmy;·'eXi>resseif' that his country haa··
great admiration for the Korean people for their courageous
fight against a ~ig country like Russia. He further said that
the French people have high esteem of the people of Finland
and Korea. He is of the opinion that the application of Korea's
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membership to the S_M.~ .v<>.Yl.4.JJJ~.l.©'.it~~~~!}._g9_r_d..J>y
the French governm2n}..1 As far as Vietnam is concerned, it
is too premature to consider her adherence to SEATO.
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~he Philipp!nes and Japan apparently moved closer toward the settlement of the reparations question, as President M~gsaysay received Premier Hatoyama•s reply to the
Philippine note on the issue. It is still at a preliminary
stage ~here wrangled portions of the payment and investment
terms remain to be solved on a hi~er level. Hatoyama•s
reply indicates that the 1800 million dollar reparations
settlement is acceptable in principle to him. Aiichiro
Fujiyama, Japan's number one industrialist, brought Hatoyama's reply to tbe President. Fujiyama, now 58, is president of Dai Nippon Sugar Production Company and several
other business firms. He is also head of the National Federation of United Nations Economic and Social Council Associations of Japan.
Faithfully yours,
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Hia Excellency Syngman Rhee,
President of the Republic of Korea,
Seoul.
Copy to The Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs
The Honorable Chung Whan Cho